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Aulophyseter morricei âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4971120https://www.gbif.org/species/4971120
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)63838https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63838
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Physeteridae : Aulophyseter : Aulophyseter morricei
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Physeteridae : Aulophyseter : Aulophyseter morricei
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
orderCetaceaBrisson 1762
-PelagicetiUhen 2008
-NeocetiFordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborderOdontocetiFlower 1867
superfamilyPhyseteroideaGray 1868
familyPhyseteridaeGray 1821
genusAulophyseterKellogg 1927
speciesAulophyseter morriceiKellogg 1927
Generic NameAulophyseter
Scientific NameAulophyseter morricei Kellogg, 1927
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aulophyseter morriceispeciesbelongs to Aulophyseterstated with evidenceKellogg, 1927
Aulophyseter morriceispeciesbelongs to Aulophyseterstated without evidenceHay, 1930
Aulophyseter morriceispeciesbelongs to Aulophyseterstated with evidenceBarnes, 1977
Aulophyseter morriceispeciesbelongs to Aulophyseterstated without evidenceKazár, 2002
Aulophyseter morriceispeciesbelongs to Aulophyseterstated with evidenceVelez-Juarbe et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cetacea)
Dietpiscivore, carnivore (based on Physeteridae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Odontoceti)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Cetacea)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Kellogg. 1927. Study of the skull of a fossil sperm-whale from the Temblor Miocene of Southern California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1927Aulophyseter morricei Kellogg
1930Aulophyseter morricei Hay p. 597
1977Aulophyseter morricei Barnes p. 327 figs. Table 3
2002Aulophyseter morricei Kazár p. 160
2008Aulophyseter morricei Uhen et al. p. 575
2015Aulophyseter morricei Velez-Juarbe et al. p. 15 figs. Fig. 10

References

Kellogg R. (1927) Study of the skull of a fossil sperm-whale from the Temblor Miocene of Southern California, Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 3-24
Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074
Barnes L. G. (1977) Outline of eastern North Pacific fossil cetacean assemblages, Systematic Zoology 25 4, 321-343
Kazár E. (2002) Revised phylogeny of the Physeteridae (Mammalia: Cetacea) in light of Placoziphius Van Beneden, 1869 and Aulophyseter Kellogg, 1927, Bulletin de l'Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 72, 151-170
Uhen M. D., Fordyce R. E., et al (2008) Odontoceti, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II, 566-606
Velez-Juarbe J., Wood A. R., et al (2015) Evolutionary patterns among living and fossil kogiid sperm whales: Evidence from the Neogene of Central America, PLoS One 10 4, e0123909 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123909
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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